Baling press



. J. .ROSS

BALING vPRESS' Filed sept. 5f `19.25.

2 Sheets-'Sheet 1 1926. v I H -Lwoss BALING PRESS .2 Sheets-Sheet 2 yFiled Sept. '3, 1925 ably anchored to the casting 27, as indicated iov schamber.

verse shaft 39 uponA which a large gear 40 isl at 33. When the lever 26is raised to the position shown in Fig. 2, it retracts the plunger ll,and when said lever is allowed to descend, it again projects the plungeras Y shown in Fig. l. Novel means, described below, are employed forraisingthe lever whenever required and then releasing it.

A suitable feeder 34 is provided for downward movement through the inletthroat. V35 of the baling chamber, to project the hay,

straw or the like into the forward path of the plungerll, vand thisfeeder is preferably movable bodily with the lever 26. Tn the presentshowing, the feeder includes a pairof carrying arms 36 Whose outer endsare closely related, while their inner ends are widely spaced and aremounted on 'the shaft 25 at opposite sides of the casting 27, these armsbeing connected withV the arm 28 by linlrs37. `When the lever 26 swingsupward ly and the plunger ll retracts, the feeder 34 moves downwardlythrough the throat 35 as seen in Fig. 2, and when said lever 26 descendsto project the plunger 1l, the feeder 34 movesupwardly out of the throatas will be clear fromv Fig. o

A rigid bar 38 has been shown secured at its'upper end to one of theposts 24 and secured at its lowerend to the base frame l,

said bar'declining forwardly from the baling This bar supports a shorttransmounted, said gear having a wrist pin 4l, to which one end of apitman 42 is connected, while the other end of said pitm'an is slidablyconnectedwith the lever 26, this sliding connection beingpreferablyestablished by provid-ing a longitudinal slot 43 in the pitman, andequipping the lever 26 with 'a roller-carrying stud 44 received in saidslot, the ystud. being appropriately braced bymetal straps or the like45 and 46.

VA pinion 47 meshes with the gear 40 and is loose upon a transversehorizontal shaft 48 which is rotatably mounted in appro'- priatebearings 49, under the shaft 39. Rigidly secured to the pinion 47 andalso loose upon the shaft 48, is a clutch member 50 whichisrco-operableV with another clutch member 5l, the latter being slidablykeyed to the shaft 48. This shaft is constantly rotated, forwhichpurpose I have shown a belt pulley'52 on one of its ends, but theclutch member 5l is normally out of mesh with the member 50 and hencethe shaft rotates idly. -l/Vhen the arm 26 is to be raised however, toretract the plunger 1l and to then cause projection of said plunger, themember 51 is shifted into mesh with the member 50. Then, the shaft 48drives the pinion 47 which in turn rotates the large gear 40. This gear,through the instrumentality of the pitman 42,raises the arm 26 to theposition shown in Fig. 2, the plunger 11 having in the meantime beenretracted and the feeder 34 downwardly projected. As soon as the wristlpin Y V4l moves over dead center, the weighted arm 26 rotates the gearV40 more rapidly than it would be rotated by the pinion 47, the resultbeing that the cam-like teeth of the two clutch members 50 and 5l, forcethe member 5l to an inoperative position, allowing unand when thedesiredY amount of v It may ere be explained that the sliding lconnection between the pitman 42 and lever 26, permits the gear 40 tomove the .pitman from the position of Fig. v1 to a position at which itwill thrust upwardly upon the roller-carrying struts 44.

Any desired `means may be provided .for i operating the clutch member5l. Preferably, however, anA inclined rock shaft 53 lis provided at oneside of the baling chamber, the lower end of said shaft havinga crankarm 54 connected to a transverse bar ,55 having anv appropriate runningconnection 56 with the clutch member 5l. The upper end` of the shaft 53is provided with a crank arm 57 disposed over the baling chamber, inposition to be depressed byy the foot of the* attendant standing uponsaid chamber, it being the duty of such attendant to take the hay or thelike from the usual platform 58 (Fig. 3) and place it into the hopper orthroat of they press.. When the desired quantity has been so placed, theattendant simply depresses the arm 57, thus throwing the machine intogear and causing it to operate as above set forth.

The completed bales may be wired in any well known manner and` obviouslythe machine may be'used either as a continuous press or as a box press.TWhen the machine is continuously operated, the usual division blocks(not shown) are of course used.

When the machine is-to be drawn from one place to another, the weight 30may bel removed, and a bar 68 may be bolted to the arm 26 and to asuitable part of the frame structure, to. hold said arm against pivotalmovement with respect to sai-d frame structure. Then, the arm may beused as a tongue for drawing the machine'from one place to another, aswill be clear from Fig. 6. Obviously, when the machine is beingtransported, it is tilted So that the legs 3 clear the ground. f

It will be seen from the foregoing that a `simple and inexpensivev presshas been provided for carrying out the objects of the invention andwhile excellent results have been obtained from the general constructionshown, it is to be understood that within the scope of the invention asvclaimed, numerous modifications may be made.

I claim l.' An actuating means for a weighted plunger-actuating arm of apress, lsaid, actuating means comprising a large gear mounted on an axisparallel with the axis of said arm, said gear having a wrist pin, apitman connected to said wrist pin and having a slidable connectionwith* said arm, a pinion meshing with said gear, driving means for saidpinion, including aclutch mechanism,-

and manually controlled means for bringing said clutch mechanism intoplay to cause the n gear and pitman Ato raise the aforesaid' arm to apoint at which the wrist pin passes dead center, said clutch mechanismhaving a porr,tion which is then operable to automatically free. saidpinion, allowing the arm to de- .1- vscend.

2. A feeding means fora baling Apress hav- Y f ing a swinging :armmounted on a transverse shaft adjacent the throat of the press, saidv yIn testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

' JosEPH Ross.

